[78-L] Columbia 36698 ­ Special Record For Radio Stations

[David Weiner]

I've seen that DJ label a early as 1946, but not on vinyl until 1949. The
earlier ones have the label in green, pressed on shellac.

Dave Weiner



On 4/2/13 10:45 PM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>My guess is that it's a reissue..I've had lots of Columbia DJ pressings
>but 
>none on vinyl before 1949 (maybe even 1950). My two cents.
>
>dl
>
>On 4/2/2013 10:34 PM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
>>
>>
>> Columbia
>> – Special Record For Radio Stations
>>
>> Â
>>
>> Last
>> weekend I picked up a copy of Columbia 36698 – “I’ll Get By”
>>and “Flatbush Flanagan”
>> by Harry James.  By all accounts, this
>> was a hit record, a big seller.  I
>> already own 3 or 4 of them with various red label styles, and there
>>were five
>> or six of them with various red labels in the same store where I got
>>this one,
>> but this is a DJ copy, pressed on vinyl.Â
>> Judging from the numbers around this one, I’m guessing it was released
>> during the latter part of the ban, early 1944, and Whitburn’s “Pop
>>Memories”*
>> reports it hit the charts in April 1944, stayed at # 1 for six weeks,
>>and on
>> the chart for a total of 28 weeks – over half the year.  (*I know we
>>hate this book, but after 1940 it
>> does have some credibility.)Â  This one
>> has the earliest style of DJ white label that I know of, the one with
>>the
>> DJ sporting a flat-top haircut, striped shirt and bow tie, in black
>>print.  My question for the Board this evening is:
>> how old might this pressing be?  I have
>> others with this exact same label that are obviously late second-ban
>>era and even a Tony Bennett from 1951, but this pair of
>> James recordings seems way too old to have warranted a DJ copy at that
>>late date  – unless this is an earlier pressing than I
>> would have guessed.  “Note the Notes” by Nauck
>> and Sherman is not quite detailed enough to narrow this one down.Â
>>Anybody know for sure?  Other guesses?
>>
>>
>>
>> Rodger
>>
>>
>>
>> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
>>
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